Friday, August 15, 2014

Lonely Sentinel

    Eastern Alberta is home to many abandoned houses and barns. Not so common are old grain elevators. Years ago these huge structures dotted the prairies and and because they were so big, pilots would use them as directional landmarks when flying airplanes. Unfortunately, these prairie giants are disappearing, many being replaced with more modern structures and even more being destroyed.
     This particular elevator is found at the small hamlet of Dorothy, near Drumheller Alberta.It is very popular with photographers and rightly so. It is rare to find one of these old sentinels still standing tall but at the same time displaying their age, having a real historical feel. Thanks for looking!




1 comment:

  1. Very interesting! It´s always nice to see how things and landscapes look like in foreign contries! Thanks for the story behind the shot!

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